Nelson Niles Rathbun (1805-1880) - one of my 3 x great grandfathers

Nelson Niles Rathbun, one of 3 x great grandfathers was born June 19, 1805 in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Died July 7, 1880, Harley, Burford Twp., Brant Co., Ontario, Canada.

In 1814 came to Upper Canada with his parents. In 1831 they moved to Burford Twp. Upper Canada and bought 100A of lot 11 concession 7 near Harley, Ontario. On the 1871 Census of Burford Twp. he is listed as Independent Methodist Episcopal.

He married Mercy Ryder November 14, 1831 at Burford, Brant County, Upper Canada.

1. Edward Kipp
2. Phyllis Margaret Link (b November 19, 1906) - Carievale, Saskatchewan
3. Horace Lorenzo Link (b June 26, 1877) - Woodbury, Burford Twp., Brant County, Ontario Canada
4. Mercy Ann Rathbun (b July 13, 1856) - Burford, Brant County, Canada West
5. Horace Rathbun (b April 15, 1834) - Burford, Brant County, Upper Canada
6. Nelson Niles Rathbun (b June 19, 1805) - Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA
7. William Rathbun ( b March 7, 1776) - Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
8. Deacon Daniel Rathbun (b February 27, 1731) - Stonington, New London, Co., Connecticut
9. Rev. Joshua Rathbun (b February 9, 1696) - New Shoreham, Block Island, Rhode Island
10. John Rathbun Jr (b 1655) - Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massahcusetts
11. John Rathbun (b March 1630) - Prescott, Lancashire, England

Sources:
Horace Rathbun (m Eliza Jane Hotrum)
Family Bible: In possession of Edward Kipp, Ottawa, Ontario

Census of Canada 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901.

House on the Burford Twp. townline lot 12 between the 5th and 6th: GPS N 43.11070  W -80.50050
Torn down between 2000 and 2010 to make way for a Ginsing farm. I have photos of the house.

Obituary: October 21, 1909, Brantford (Ontario) Weekly Expositor, Page 4 Col. 2

Burford Congregational Cemetery, Burford, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.10170 W-80.42735


Nelson Niles Rathbun (m Mercy Ryder)
Biography # 1: October 1988, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 8 # 4 Page 60

Census of Canada 1851, 1861, 1871

Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Registrations of Deaths, 1869-1932. MS935. Brant Co., 1880, Reg. # 001308.

Probate: 1881, Ontario Surragate Court, Ontario Probate in Brant # 1390

Surrogate Court Index of Ontario, Canada 1859-1900. Vol. 20. Brant County. Compiled by June Gibson. Indexed by Elizabeth Hancocks & Shannon Hancocks. 1990.  Nelson Niles Rathbun, Burford, #719, 1880.

Harley Cemetery, Harley, Ontario.  Tombstone N 43.06899 W-80.47526


William Rathbun (m Irene Niles)
As a young man he moved to Union, Pennsylvania and purchased his claim of Jesse Losey.  He built a home before 1812.  He married there in 1799. About 1811, he sold his home to Ambrose Millard who was the husband of his niece, Mary Gordon. He was a farmer.  He returned to Saratoga County, New York.  About 1814, he moved to Canada.  He spent the last 20 years of his life in bed due to a stroke.

Biography #  2: 1883, History of Tioga, Pennsylvania 1804-1883
Biography # 1: January 1984, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 4 # 1 Page 11

US Federal Census 1810: Tioga County, Pennylvania
Canadian Census 1851 Canada West


Deacon Daniel Rathbun (m Sarah Higby)
He served in the French and Indian War in a company commanded by his brother-in-law, Uriah Stephens, in Col. Ebenezer Marsh's Regiment. Daniel move in the early 1760s to Berkshire Co., Mass., where he operated one of the first fulling mills in Great Barrington, Mass. He was moderator of the town meeting there in March 1766. He later lived in nearby Richmond. He was deacon in the Baptist Church and was occassionally called upon to preach. He had a brief stay with the Shakers. After three years he left this religious sect and published an account of his disillusionment with it. About 1804, he and his wife moved to Milton, in Saratoga Co., N.Y., to live with their son Valentine.

Descendants of Roger Williams, Book III. Sayles line through Mary Williams, compiled by Dorothy Higson White. Roger Williams Family Association, East Greenwich, RI: 2002.

Biography # 1: April 1982, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 2 # 2 Page 28

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
Stonington. Daniel Rathbun. Gives birth date as Feb. 16, 1730/1. Vol. 3, Page 66.

US Federal Census 1790, 1800

Will: Saratoga County, New York Probate Book 6 Page 73

Tombstone: Deacon Daniel Rathbun, Rock City Cemetery, New York.

Find A Grave www.findagrave.com. Rock City Falls Cemetery, Rock City, New York.
Cemetery GPS N 43.04964 W -73.91849. Tombstone GPS N 43.04943 W -73.91841.


Joshua Rathbun (m Mary Wightman)
Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636-1899 Joshua Rathbun Feb. 19, 1696. 1-114.
Arnold, James Newell. Rhode Island Vital Extracts, 1636–1850. 21 volumes. Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Company, 1891–1912.

Biography # 1: July 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 3 Page 44
Birth Certificate: New Shoreham Town Book #1-114

Estate Settlement: June 16, 1785, Stonington Town Records, Stonington, Connecticut

Descendants of Roger Williams, Book III. Sayles line through Mary Williams, compiled byDorothy Higson White. Roger Williams Family Association, East Greenwich, RI: 2002.


John Rathbun Jr (m Anna Dodge)
Biography # 1: April 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian Vol. 1 # 2 Page 28

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

Will: New Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island Book 2 Page 68-69. Will was dated May 8, 1720 and probated on March 9, 1722/23.

He died on Block Island.


John Rathbun (the Block Island settler) (m Margaret Acres)
John was baptized in the Anglican church in England.  He may have been a Quaker in Newport as his son's birth is registered in Quaker records there. He was a slave owner as he left a slave to his son, Thomas, at his death.

Baptism: March 08, 1629/30, Prescott Parish, County Lanscashire, England

Biography # 1: Records of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations 1686   Page 194-5
Biography # 2: July 1951, Some Notes on Block Islanders of the Seventeenth Century  by G. Andrew Moriarty in The New England Historical Genealogical Register Page 162-181 and 249-271
Biography # 3: 1980, "Saltbound, A Block Island Winter" by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
Biography # 4: January 1981, The Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Historian  "John Rathbone of Block Island: Founder of Our Family in America" Vol. 1 # 1 Page 4

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

Compendium of New England Pioneers, Archive CD Books, 2006.

A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, by Royal R. Hinman, Hartford, CT: 1852.

Will: February 12, 1701/02, New  Shoreham, Newport, Rhode Island Book 1 Page 285

Find A Grave  www.findagrave.com. Island Cemetery, New Shoreham, Washington County, Rhode Island. Memorial # 5836352. Rhode Island Historical Society.

Tombstone and Settler's Rock, Block Island, Rhode Island.

Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Reunion 2013

RRRIFA July 15 to 18

This reunion is held every two years and because of my illness in 2011, I was unable to attend the reunion in Washington, DC in 2011.  Previous to that we had attended reunions in Utica, New York, Warwick, Rhode Island and Fort Wayne, Indiana.

I wanted to attend this reunion in Newport, Rhode Island, because it gave me another opportunity to visit Block Island, where the Rathbun family settled about 1654.  The original settler was John Rathbun (1639-1702), who married Margaret Acres (1633-aft 1716).  I am descended from his son John Rathbun Jr. (1655-bef 1723), who married Anna Dodge.  My Rathbun descent then goes down through 6 generations to my great grandmother Mercy Ann Rathbun (July 13, 1856-April 26, 1930), who married William Henry Link (July 19, 1850-Feb. 26, 1899).

It is a long drive to Rhode Island so we headed off on the Sunday heading for a hotel at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, just above Hartford.  We have stayed here several times and it is a reasonable and nice hotel.  There is also a Cracker Barrel next door and an Italian Restaurant across the road, so food is nearby.

The next day we needed to be in Newport Rhode Island by late afternoon.  Along the way we did some cemetery shunpiking, which I will talk about in another blog post.  This involved cemeteries in the Old Lyme area at the mouth of the Connecticut River.  We also spent some time locating a monument to Nathaniel Foote in Wethersfield, CT.  Nathaniel was a founder of Wethersfield.  The funny part is that we had no specific directions to find it and everyone we asked didn’t know anything about it.  However, a caretaker in the Old Cemetery, talked to us and looked at the picture we had and suggested it might be located on the Green.  He pointed in the direction of the Green and we found the monument there.

We also visited Windsor, CT to see the village green and locate the Windsor Historical Society which I will have to visit some day.  Two of my ancestors were founding families of Windsor.  They were Thomas Dibble and Joseph Loomis.  There are two large monuments on the village green.  The first monument is to Major John Mason a founder of Windsor.  The second monument is for the passengers of the Mary and John who migrated to Windsor about 1635.  It is said that Thomas Dibble and Joseph Loomis were on the ship, but it would seem there are differing views on this.

We arrived at Newport around 4 p.m., after crossing the Jamestown Bridge to Jamestown and then the Claiborne Pell Bridge to Newport.  After settling into our room we dropped by the Family Hospitality room to check in, get our name tags and say hello.  In the evening there was a welcome buffet in the dining room of the hotel.  Lots of food and this is when we started meeting my relatives.

After dinner, the group held their formal reunion meeting which included presenting awards and recognition certificates to family who contributed to the association.  Previously, I had been asked to join the family association board.  I agreed to this after some thought and the nomination was accepted at the meeting.  They wanted to make it an international association.

Tuesday had been set aside for a trolley tour of Newport, but we decided to tour around on our own.  I had visited Newport 20 or so years ago on business and did not really see much of the city except for one of the mansions where we had a formal dinner.  So with the help of our GPS and local maps we took off for the first beach area where we found a parking spot.  We then walked part of the famous Cliff walk, which passes behind many of the mansions.  We went all the way to one of the more famous mansion, The Breakers.  We then headed back to our car and went for a walk on the first beach.  It was very sandy, and we waded along the beach. There was lots of reddish seaweed being washed ashore.  We found out later that there were little crawly creatures being washed in as well.  Nice walk with lots of sun.  We then got back in the car and drove along the coast to see the second and third beaches.  There is lots of sand in this area and I can see why many people take their vacation there.

Having had lots of sun we decided to go back downtown and visit the harbour area for lunch.  On our way we drove around the Ocean Drive and then past more of the mansions.  After finding parking, we wandered around for a while looking for a restaurant and finally decided on the Aquidneck Lobster Company.  The entrance was a bit dumpy but the restaurant area was on the end of the pier, so we had a good look at the boats and the harbour.  We both had Lobster salad rolls for lunch with a salad and French fries.  This was a tasty and filling meal.  We then went for ice cream shakes at Ben and Jerrys.

By the time we were done with lunch (Dinner), it was time to head back to the hotel for my first board meeting. The meeting went well.  I volunteered to setup a Facebook page for the Association.

In the evening we visited the Hospitality room where we displayed my ancestral fan chart for all of my fathers and mothers families and chatted with family members.

Wednesday was the big day with the activities mapped out for a fast ferry ride from Newport harbour to Block Island.  The ferry had a top speed of about 25 knots, so the trip took about an hour.  We arrived around 10 a.m. and then boarded a bus which took us to Settler’s Rock located on Sandy Point.  The plaque lists the first settlers of Block Island.  After that we had a brief tour of other areas of the island and then made a stop at Island Cemetery.  This is where the Rathbun family association had erected a monument to the family.  Everyone had a good look around and a wreath was left at the site.  We also found the monument erected for Tristrum Dodge the father of Anna Dodge.

I think everyone was a bit tired after the trip and the sun and we then headed back to the Old Harbour where we had lunch on the porch of the National Hotel.  A welcome meal, with a daiquiri helped quench the thirst.  We had a long chat with members of the family.

We then had several hours to look around while waiting for the return ferry to Newport.  So we looked around the shops, had some gelato ice cream, walked a bit and spent an hour or so at the Block Island Historical Society, some of it sitting on the porch in the shade.  Keep in mind this trip took place during the week long heat wave the covered most of New England and the north east of the US and into Ontario.  Everyone was ready for the ferry back to Newport.  The ride was pleasant and the passenger cabins were air conditioned.

Thursday was a free day for the reunion so we decided to leave in the morning and head toward Ridgefield, Connecticut to do some more Cemetery shunpiking.   After that we headed back to Windsor Locks to our hotel.  We had arranged to meet an acquaintance for supper.  She does proofreading for the Journal I edit for the Ottawa Branch OGS and lives in Connecticut.  We had a pleasant meal at the Italian restaurant across from the hotel and then returned to the hotel lobby to chat for a bit longer.  A very pleasant evening!

 
Friday was a day to do some family research.  We spent the morning at the Connecticut Society of Genealogists in East Hartford.  We looked at their ancestor files, some vertical files and a few books. The real treasure trove, however, was the Connecticut Historical Society which we visited in the afternoon.  Their collection of family books was very good.  We would need several days to look at them.  The interesting part was their collection of vertical files.  To see them you had to provide the family name and someone would then go into their stacks and pick out the packages associated with the surnames.  These were very thick packages.  We took a number of photos of pages to review later.

We had decided that Saturday would be a fun day.  We were still at Windsor Locks, Connecticut.  We headed south again towards Long Island Sound to a place called Essex, Connecticut.  Here you will find the Essex Steam Train and Riverboat.  We arrived in time to obtain tickets for the 11 a.m. departure.  We bought tickets for the open car as it was so hot.  Also taking place that day was the Circus train and Big Top show.

After we boarded, the train crew went through their departure routine and we headed off with bells dining and whistle blasting.  It was nice to hear the steam whistle again.  We did have a steam train ride in Lancaster, PA in May.  We went about 12 miles along the tracks and then backed up to an area where we took the Becky Thatcher for a ride on the Connecticut River.  It is a simulated Mississippi style riverboat.  We probably traveled about another 12 miles upriver and turned around at the East Haddam swing bridge.  Along the way we had glimpses of Gillette Castle, and a wild life area.  This ride was interesting as many of my early New England ancestors would have traveled this river by boat.

We spent some time in the gift shop and then stayed to watch the next train leave.  We learned along the way that the steam engine they use for the trips was constructed in China!  Oh well!

That completed our week away from home, so we headed back to our hotel to pack and head off for home on Sunday.

Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn Family Reunion 2013

Rathbun-Rathbone-Rathburn International Family Association
RRRIFA Reunion July 15 to 18, 2013

This reunion is held every two years and because of my illness in 2011, I was unable to attend the reunion in Washington, DC in 2011. Previous to that we had attended reunions in Utica, New York, Warwick, Rhode Island and Fort Wayne, Indiana.

I wanted to attend this reunion in Newport, Rhode Island, because it gave me another opportunity to visit Block Island, where the Rathbun family settled about 1658. The original settler was John Rathbun (1639-1702), who married Margaret Acres (1633-aft 1716). I am descended from his son John Rathbun (1655-bef 1723), who married Anna Dodge. My Rathbun descent then goes down through 6 generation to my great grandmother Mercy Ann Rathbun (1856-1930), who married William Henry Link (1850-1899).

It is a long drive to Rhode Island so we headed off on the Sunday heading for a hotel at Windsor Locks, CT just above Hartford. We have stayed here several times and it is a reasonable and nice hotel. There is also a Cracker Barrel next door and an Italian Restaurant across the road, so food is nearby.

The next day we needed to be in Newport Rhode Island by late afternoon. Along the way we did some cemetery shunpiking, which I will talk about in another blog post. This involved cemeteries in the Old Lyme area at the mouth of the Connecticut River. We also spent some time locating a monument to Nathaniel Foote in Wethersfield, CT. Nathaniel was a founder of Wethersfield. The funny part is that we had no specific directions to find it and everyone we asked didn’t know. However, a caretaker in the Old Cemetery, talked to us and looked at the picture we had and suggested it might be located on the Green. He points in the direction of the Green and we found the monument there.

We also visited Windsor, CT to see the village green and locate the Windsor Historical Society which I will have to visit some day. Two of my ancestors were founding families of Windsor. They were Thomas Dibble and Joseph Loomis. There are two large monuments on the village green. The first monument is to Major John Mason a founder of Windsor. The second monument is for the passengers of the Mary and John who migrated to Windsor about 1635. It is said that Thomas Dibble and Joseph Loomis were on the ship, but it would seem there are differing views on this.

We arrived at Newport around 4 p.m., after crossing the Jamestown Bridge to Jamestown and then the Claiborne Pell Bridge to Newport. After settling into our room we dropped by the Family Hospitality room to check in, get our name tags and say hello. In the evening there was a welcome buffet in the dining room of the hotel. Lots of food and this is when we started meeting my relatives.

After dinner, the group held their formal reunion meeting which included presenting awards and recognition certificates to family who have contributed to the association. Previously, I had been asked to join the family association board. I agreed to this after some thought and the nomination was accepted at the meeting. They wanted to make it an international association.

Tuesday had been set aside for a trolley tour of Newport, but we decided to tour around on our own. I had visited Newport 20 or so years ago on business and did not really see much of the city except for one of the mansions where we had a formal dinner. So with the help of our GPS and local maps we took off for the first beach area where we found a parking spot. We then walked part of the Cliff walk, which passes behind many of the mansions. We went all the way to one of the more famous mansion, The Breakers. We then headed back to our car and went for a walk on the first beach. It was very sandy, and we waded along the beach. There was lots of reddish seaweed being washed ashore. We found out later that there were little crawly creatures being washed in as well. Nice walk with lots of sun. We then got back in the car and drove along the coast to see the second and third beaches. There is lots of sand in this area and I can see why many people take their vacation there.

Having had lots of sun we decided to go back downtown and visit the harbour area for lunch. On our way we drove around the Ocean Drive and then past more of the mansions. After finding parking, we wandered around for a while looking for a restaurant and finally decided on the Aquidneck Lobster Company. The entrance was a bit dumpy but the restaurant area was on the end of the pier, so we had a good look at the boats and the harbour. We both had Lobster salad rolls for lunch with a salad and French fries. This was a tasty and filling meal. We then went for ice cream shakes at Ben and Jerrys.

By the time we were done with lunch (Dinner), it was time to head back to the hotel for my first board meeting a s a new member. The meeting went well.

In the evening we visited the Hospitality room where we displayed my ancestral fan chart for all of my fathers and mothers families and chatted with family members.

Wednesday was the big day with the activities mapped out for a fast ferry ride from Newport harbour to Block Island. The ferry had a top speed of about 25 knots, so the trip took about an hour. We arrived around 10 a.m. and then boarded a bus which took us Settler’s Rock located on Sandy Point. The plaque lists the first settlers of Block Island. After that we had a brief tour of other areas of the island and then made a stop at Island Cemetery. This is where the Rathbun family association had erected a monument to the family. Everyone had a good look around and a wreath was left at the site. We also found the monument erected for Tristrum Dodge the father of Anna Dodge.

I think everyone was a bit tired after the trip and the sun and we then headed back to the Old Harbour where we had lunch on the porch of the National Hotel. A welcome meal, with a daiquiri, helped quench the thirst. We had a long chat with members of the family.

We then had several hours to look around while waiting for the return ferry to Newport. So we looked around the shops, had some gellato ice cream, walked a bit and spent an hour or so at the Block Island Historical Society, some of it sitting on the porch in the shade. Keep in mind this trip took place during the week long heat wave that covered most of New England and the north east of the US and into Ontario. Everyone was ready for the ferry back to Newport. The ride was pleasant and the passenger cabins were air conditioned.

Thursday was a free day for the reunion so we decided to leave in the morning and head toward Ridgefield, CT to do some more Cemetery shunpiking. After that we headed back to Windsor Locks to our hotel. We had arranged to meet am acquaintance for supper. She does proofreading for the Journal I edit for the Ottawa Branch OGS and lives in Connecticut. We had a pleasant meal at the Italian restaurant across from the hotel and then returned to the hotel lobby to chat for a bit longer. A very pleasant evening.

Friday was a day to do some family research. We spent the morning at the Connecticut Society of Genealogists in East Hartford. We looked at their ancestor files, some vertical files and a few books. The real treasure trove, was the Connecticut Historical Society which we visited in the afternoon. Their collection of family books was very good. We would need several days to look at them. The interesting part was their collection of vertical files. To see them you had to provide the family name and someone would then go into their stacks and pick out the packages associated with the surnames. These were very thick packages. We took a number of photos of pages to review later. 

We had decided that Saturday would be a fun day. We were still at Windsor Locks. We headed south again towards Long Island Sound to a place called Essex, CT. Here you will find the Essex Steam Train and Riverboat. We arrived in time to obtain tickets for the 11 a.m. departure. We bought tickets for the open car as it was so hot. Also taking place that day was the Circus train and Big Top show.

After we boarded, the train crew went through their departure routine and we headed off with bells and whistle blasting. It was nice to hear the steam whistle again. We did have a steam train ride in Lancaster, PA in May. We went about 12 miles along the tracks and then backed up to an area where we took the Becky Thatcher for a ride on the Connecticut River. It is a simulated Mississippi style riverboat. We probably traveled about another 12 miles upriver and turned around at the East Hadam swing bridge. Along the way we had glimpses of Gillette Castle, and a wild life area. This ride was interesting as many of my early ancestors would have traveled this river by boat.

We spent some time in the gift shop and then stayed to watch the next train leave. We learned along the way that the steam engine they use for the trips was constructed in China! Oh well!

That completed our week away from home. So we headed back to our hotel to pack and head off for home on Sunday. The ride home went without incident, although there was a lot of traffic. We arrived home safely about 5 p.m.

John Niles & Mary Ely - my 7th Great Grandparents

11.  John Niles (John ³, John ², John ¹) was born in 1680 in New Shoreham, Block Island, RI and died in 1768 in Colchester, New London, CT. 

 

Notes: Living in 1769, when he was at North Castle, Westchester, NY. 

Sources:

Niles Descendants web site: http://rankel.com/genealogy/niles.htm

Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Clearfield Company Inc., Baltimore, MD: 2001. 

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

John married Mary Ely, daughter of Richard Ely and Mary Marvin, about 1716 in CT. Mary was born on Nov 29, 1689 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.

Sources:

The Ely Ancestry, lineage of Richard Ely of Plymouth, England, who came to Boston, Mass., about 1655, & settled at Lyme, Conn., in 1660.  Collected by Moses S. Beach and Rev. William Ely. Edited & enlarged by Geo. B. Vanderpoel.  The Calumet Press, New York, 1902. 

Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin, of Hartford, CT., 1638 and 1635, sons of Edward Marvin of Great Bentley, England. By George Franklin Marvin and William T.R. Marvin. T.R. Marvin & Son, Publishers, Boston. 1904.

Children from this marriage were:

          20   M        i.         John Niles was born on Mar 25, 1718 in Colchester, New London, CT. 

Notes: He served as postmaster in President Van Buren's cabinet.

Sources:

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf. Colchester, P. 121 (161). 

  +      21   M       ii.         Nathan Niles was born on Feb 20, 1719/20 in Colchester, New London, CT, died on Jul 5, 1778 in Colchester, New London, CT, and was buried in Niles Family Cemetery, Groton, New London Co., CT. 

          22   M      iii.         Samuel Niles was born on Mar 13, 1721/22 in Colchester, New London, CT and died on Aug 26, 1722. 

Sources:

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf. Colchester, P. 121. 

          23   M     iv.         Nathaniel Niles was born on May 7, 1724 in Colchester, New London, CT. 

Sources:

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf. Colchester, P. 121. 

          24   F        v.         Mary Niles was born on Jun 26, 1726 in Colchester, New London, CT. 

Sources:

Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Clearfield Company Inc., Baltimore, MD: 2001. 

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf. Colchester, P. 121.

Mary married Increase Porter, son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on May 15, 1750. 

Notes: Of Hebron, Connecticut. 

          25   M     vi.         Rev. Thomas Niles was born on Sep 28, 1728 in Colchester, New London, CT and died in May 1782 in Rumnet, NH. 

Sources:

Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Clearfield Company Inc., Baltimore, MD: 2001.

 

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf. Colchester, P. 121. 

Thomas married Anna Woodman, daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Feb 1, 1774. 

Notes: Of Newbury, Mass. 

          26   F      vii.         Abigail Niles was born on Sep 4, 1730 in Colchester, New London, CT. 

Sources:

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf. Colchester, P. 121. 

          27   M   viii.         David Niles was born on Feb 9, 1732/33 in Colchester, New London, CT. 

Sources:

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf. Colchester, P. 121. 

          28   M     ix.         Barnabus Niles was born on Jun 12, 1735 in Colchester, New London, CT and died in 1789. 

Sources:

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf. Colchester, P. 121. 

          29   M      x.         Ambrose Niles was born on Mar 30, 1741 in Colchester, New London, CT. 

Sources:

Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, NEHGS, Boston, F93/C71 mf. Colchester, P. 121.

John Niles & Abigail [Niles] - my 8th Great-Grandparents

4.  John Niles (John ², John ¹) was born on Mar 4, 1638/39 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Sep 7, 1683 in Block Island, RI.  

Notes: Block Island/New Shoreham. 

Sources:

Niles Descendants web site: http://rankel.com/genealogy/niles.htm 

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 .

Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Clearfield Company Inc., Baltimore, MD: 2001. 

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001.

NILES, John & Abigail _____; m/2 John BANNING; ca 1679; New Shoreham; RI {TAG 22:281}. 

John married Abigail [Niles], daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, about 1679 in New Shoreham, Block Island, RI.  

Children from this marriage were:

  +      11   M        i.         John Niles was born in 1680 in New Shoreham, Block Island, RI and died

                                        in 1768 in Colchester, New London, CT.

  +      12   M       ii.         Ambrose Niles was born on Nov 28, 1683 in New Shoreham, Block Island,

                                        RI and died from before Mar 17, 1723/24 to Mar 17, 1724/25 in Lyme,

                                        New London Co., CT.

John Niles and Jane Read - my 9th Great-Grandparents

2.  John Niles (John ¹) was born about 1603 in Beaminster, Dorset Co., England, died on Feb 8, 1693/94 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, and was buried in Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, MA.  

Notes: He was born possibly at Beaminster, Dorset Co., England (son of John Nyle and Johane Paviot).

He migrated in 1634. The first known New England record concerning him is dated Sept. 1, 1634 and concerns a grant of land in Dorchester.  He probably remained in Dorchester a short time before moving to Braintree (1636). He was in Braintree by 1643 where he was made a freeman on May 26, 1647.  He was a weaver by trade. 

Niles, John (1602/3-1693/4) from Wales, said to have been a passenger in the "Speedwell"; settled in Mass; at Squantum, 1632, Dorchester, 1634, Braintree, 1636; m 1635, Jane (d 1654), dau of William Reed, m. Lucy Hennage.

 

Sources:

The Great Migration. Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. Volume V (M-P). Robert Charles Anderson. Great Migration Study Project. New England Historic Genealogical Society. Boston 2007. 

Niles Descendants web site: http://rankel.com/genealogy/niles.htm 

http://www.nilesfamily.com/index.html

Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Clearfield Company Inc., Baltimore, MD: 2001. 

The Compendium of American Genealogy. First Families of America, edited by Frederick Adams Virkus. Multi volume set. 1937-1942. Immigrant Ancestors, Vol. VII, p. 825-895. 

Some Descendants of the Reverend Robert R. Niles, by Anne McKee Niles, Springfield, Missouri, 2004 

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

NILES, John (-1694, ae 91) & 1/wf Jane [REED]? (-15 May 1654); ca 1635?; Braintree {McCormick-Hamilton 793; Reg. 37:166; Ludington-Saltus 167; Noyes-Gilman 172; Dillon Anc. 47-48; Vinton Mem. 344; Reg. 85:145}

NILES, John (-1694, ae 91) & 2/wf Hannah (_____) [AMES], w William; 6 Apr 1660?, ca 1656/7; Braintree {McCormick-Hamilton 793; Smith-Bryant 106; Pope's Pioneers 17; Ludington-Saltus 167; Noyes-Gilman 172; Vinton Mem. 344; Dillon Anc. 48; Reg. 85:145}

Compendium of New England Pioneers, Archive CD Books, 2006.

A Genealogical Register of the First Settlers Of New England, by John Farmer, 1829, Lancaster, Mass. 

The Pioneers of Massachusetts, by Charles H Pope, 1900, Boston, Mass.

A Catalogue of the Names of the Early Puritan Settlers of the Colony of Connecticut, by Royal R. Hinman, Hartford, CT: 1852. 

John married Jane Read daughter of William Read and Lucy Hennage about 1635 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA. Jane was born in 1611 in Canterbury, Kent, England, died on May 15, 1654 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA, and was buried in Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, MA.

Sources:

Family Search web site: www.familysearch.org 

Children from this marriage were: 

             3   F         i.         Hannah Niles was born on Feb 16, 1636/37 in Dorchester, MA. 

Sources:

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

Hannah married Nathaniel Mott, son of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Dec 25, 1656.  

  +        4   M       ii.         John Niles was born on Mar 4, 1638/39 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Sep 7, 1683 in Block Island, RI.  

             5   M      iii.         Joseph Niles was born on Aug 15, 1640 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died before 1694 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.

 

                       Notes: Joseph was made a "freeman" of Rhode Island in 1709. He witnessed a deed of
                       Benjamin Niles at Lyme Conn. in 1710. In his will dated at Lyme in 1731, he left all
                       his property to his wife Patience. 

Sources:

Niles Descendants web site: http://rankel.com/genealogy/niles.htm 

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

NILES, Joseph (1640-) & Mary MYCALL; 15 Nov 1661, 2 Nov 1662; Braintree {Reg. 37:287, 85:146; Braintree 717; Noyes-Gilman 172; Vinton Mem. 344-5; Dillon Anc. 48} 

Joseph married Mary Mycall daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Nov 15, 1661 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.  

             6   M     iv.         Nathaniel Niles was born on Aug 16, 1642 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Dec 22, 1727 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.  

             7   M      v.         Samuel Niles was born on May 12, 1644 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Nov 23, 1715 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.  

Sources:

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

Samuel married Mary Billings daughter of Roger Billings and Hannah [Billings] on Apr 20, 1680 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA. Mary was born in 1645 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, was christened on Nov 23, 1645 in Dorchester, Suffolk, MA, and died on Dec 15, 1683 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA. 

             8   M     vi.         Increase Niles was born on Dec 16, 1646 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Sep 1, 1693 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.  

Notes: He served from Oct. to Dec. 1675 in Johnson's Company in King Philip's War.

Sources:

Genealogies of Rhode Island Families, from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register. Selected and Introduced by Gary Boyd Roberts, Clearfield Company Inc., Baltimore, MD: 2001. 

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence A. Torrey, CD, NEHGS, 2001

NILES, Increase (1646-1693) & Mary PURCHASE, m/2 Francis NASH 1697; 4 Dec 1677; Braintree {Braintree 719; Vinton Mem. 344-5; Dillon Anc. 48; Reg. 37:347, 54:404, 85:147}

Increase married Mary Purchase, daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Dec 4, 1677 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA. Mary was born from Feb 3, 1658/59 to Feb 3, 1659/60 in Boston, Suffolk Co., MA and died on Apr 16, 1735. 

             9   M    vii.         Benjamin Niles was born on Mar 11, 1650/51 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died in 1712 in Lyme, New London Co., CT.  

Notes: Benjamin removed from Braintree to New Shoreham, R.I., later than his brother Nathaniel, but is mentioned in a return of the Lyme town meeting of November 19, 1690. His estate was distributed October 7, 1712 by his sons-in-law. Children, all except the youngest born at New Shoreham. 

Sources:

Niles Descendants web site: http://rankel.com/genealogy/niles.htm 

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931 

Benjamin married Ruth [Niles, daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, on Dec 13, 1681 in New Shoreham, Block Island, RI.

 

John next married 2nd Hannah Ames, daughter of ____________ ____________ and ____________ ____________, in 1656-1657. Hannah died on Jan 31, 1702/03 in Braintree, Dorchester, MA and was buried in Hancock Cemetery, Quincy, MA. 

Notes: Widow of William Ames. 

The child from this marriage was:

          10   M        i.         Isaac Niles was born on Apr 2, 1658 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA and died on Jan 30, 1658/59 in Braintree, Norfolk Co., MA.  

Sources:

John Niles of Braintree, Mass. and Some of His Descendants, NEHGR, Vol. 85, p. 145-, 1931